Description: He wears just a grey suit, and he perpetually has his bow ready. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Einkil was born the youngest of three triplets. In his youth he was a Interpreter, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Hedonist, PTSD. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears suspenders and green workpants. His shirt is violet, and he wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. His crest is short and rusty. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 sp. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears dark leathers with embroidery and is in decent physical shape. She has no hair. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Carter arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: 5'10" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is long and silver with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker white hat.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He takes great joy in being the best Interpreter in town.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. He found a children's book about a Half-Orc Warrior who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 700 pp. Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp).

Description: He is typically in his Crown-heir uniform. He is physically well-built. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are gold.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He tends to his Crown-heir job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Robert speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Citrine (60 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born in a small forest village. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Ida took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up club and armor she uses now. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Deep green spinel (90 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp).

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His blue hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Merihim grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Merihim. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 45000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. His hair is short and blonde. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Rûg embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Orcs. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Rûg was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Rûg's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Rûg and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is content; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 4000 gp. Rose (50 gp). Sard (50 gp).